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NRM presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni addresses supporters at
Kasangati Town , Wakiso District, yesterday. PHOTO BY Stephen Wandera
By SOLOMON ARINAITWE
Posted
Wednesday, February 10
2016 at
02:00
In Summary
Bribery allegation. Government will buy the 18 million hoes amid Opposition claim of voter bribery by Opposition.
Kampala. Government has
brought forward the procurement of 18 million hoes from next financial
year to this year as President Museveni puts in a last-minute attempt to
win over the crucial rural vote.
Confronted by biting poverty in Uganda’s rural
areas as he launched his campaign for a fifth term in November last
year, Mr Museveni reacted by directing Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda
to include the procurement of 18 million hoes for six million households
in the 2016/2017 Budget. The financial year commences in June.
Mr
Museveni argued that the hoes would boost food security and incomes for
small land owners and gradually transform Uganda from an agrarian to
industrial economy by 2040.
The Agriculture ministry had, however, warned
that it had no Shs140b to bankroll the procurement of the hoes,
insisting that the President’s pledge can only be implemented in phases
beginning with a Shs50b allocation in the 2016/17 financial year.
With retail price of a hoe standing at
Shs10,000 per piece, 18 million hoes would cost Shs180 billion, which is
about 30 per cent of the Agriculture ministry’s budget for this fiscal
year.
But as Mr Museveni’s pledge was coming under
fire from the Opposition, Premier Rugunda on Monday started
distributing hoes in Terego County of West Nile sub-region and rallied
the recipients to vote the ruling NRM.
“We are pleased to be rolling
out this national programme of providing this key farm implement today,
starting from Terego in Arua District. Without a doubt, come February
18, all votes from here should go to President Museveni and the NRM flag
bearers to ensure that the country continues on the path of steady
progress,” Dr Rugunda said.
The decision to draw back the
distribution of hoes to coincide with the home stretch of the campaigns,
with just eight days to the polls, has attracted skepticism from
Opposition politicians who insist it amounts to voter bribery.
The
Opposition has challenged the government to abide by the African Union
2003 Maputo Declaration, and allocate 10 per cent of the Budget to
agriculture, if it genuinely harbours ambitions to turn around the
fortunes of Uganda’s agriculture.
Only 2 per cent of the 1015/16 Budget went to agriculture, with the bulk allocated to roads, electricity and defence.
The FDC flag bearer Dr Kizza Besigye, has promised to increase agriculture’s share to 15 per cent of the Budget.
Terego
County MP Kasiano Wadri, whose backyard was used as a launch pad for
the hoes campaign, yesterday said the Electoral Commission should rein
in Mr Museveni and the NRM for engaging in voter bribery. “What they are
doing is an illegality. What kind of presidential pledges can be
implemented at this time? Even me, I cannot give anything to any group
because of the guidelines in the law. If I give anything right now, it
would be misconstrued as bribery,” Mr Wadri said.
Mr Henry Muguzi, the national coordinator,
Alliance for Campaign Finance Monitoring, a coalition of civil society
organisations advocating for transparency in election campaigns, said:
“If that is the case and the hoes were given out as campaign material,
it is a clear indication of voter bribery and we strongly condemn it. We
regard voter bribery as cash or any items given out to induce voters to
vote a particular candidate.”
Asked whether the Electoral Commission (EC)
would interest itself in calls to sanction Mr Museveni’s distribution of
hoes, as demanded by the Opposition, EC spokesman Jotham Taremwa said
the NRM flag bearer was executing his presidential duties. “ Museveni
remains President of Uganda until after elections and a new president is
sworn in. While he is a candidate, he has duties to execute as
President,” Mr Taremwa said.
As if rattled by persistent taunts about
unfulfilled promises, government on Monday started distributing some of
the 18 million hoes pledged by President Museveni last November.
The first hoes were given out in Terego county, Arua district, at a ceremony officiated by prime minister Ruhakana Rugunda.
In a statement, Dr Rugunda’s
communications adviser Julius Mucunguzi said the premier was accompanied
by agriculture minister Tress Bucyanayandi; Dr Samuel Mugasi, the
executive director of the National Agricultural Advisory Services
(Naads); and Ms Christine Guwatudde Kintu, the permanent secretary in
the Office of the Prime Minister.
Rugunda is quoted as having told a sizeable gathering in Terego that President Museveni is a leader who keeps his promises.
But that is not a view unanimously held
by all Ugandans. Mr Museveni has often faced questions about roads
promised but un-tarmacked, money pledged but undelivered or buildings
promised without a brick being seen.
During a recent campaign rally ahead of
next week’s elections, the president explained that everything would
eventually be done, but that the ruling party chose to prioritise things
such as transport and energy infrastructure.
“We are pleased to be rolling out this
national programme of providing this key farm implement today, starting
from Terego, Arua district,” Rugunda is quoted as having said at the
handover of the hoes.
Rugunda said the hoe is a key tool that is used by most Ugandans, and that it complements mechanized farming using tractors.
“Most of us are here today because of
the hand hoe. We used it to grow crops for food and for sale. There is
no contradiction to modernisation of agriculture. The hoe is very
important,” Rugunda said.
When he pledged the hoes in November,
Museveni provoked widespread criticism and media debate, with some
questioning the viability of hoes in an age of mechanization.
Museveni Blasts Opposition: Leave My ‘Hoes’ Programme Alone
President
Museveni has fired back at opposition politicians for attacking him
over the hoes he intends to give out to farmers around the country.
Early this week, the president ordered the Office of the Prime
Minister to procure and distribute over 18 million hoes for farmers, an
initiative that was criticised by opposition politicians as dragging the
country back to rudimentary methods of farming.
Addressing supporters at Moroto Town Council, Museveni laughed at the
politicians whom he said are naïve about farming but simply sit in air
conditioned offices in Kampala to criticise his programmes.
“I see some politicians seated in rotating chairs and air-conditioned
offices in Kampala criticizing me for buying hoes. Yes I buy them
because I know my people need them. This doesn’t stop me from buying
tractors,” Museveni said.
“I know more about tractors and new farming methods than those
politicians who just sit in offices in Kampala because I am a farmer
myself. They don’t know what the farmers what like I do.”
The President clarified that supplying hoes doesn’t stop him from
providing tractors but noted that he first provided hoes to the farmers
with small pieces of land that are inaccessible and would later cater
for those who can afford using tractors.
He told the people of Moroto that government has distributed hoes, oxen and oxen ploughs to be used by farmers in the area.
Museveni emphasised the need to use the available infrastructure like roads and electricity to create wealth by themselves.
He said modern agriculture would better serve this purpose of seeing
that the Karamajong get some incomes that would boost their wealth.
Museveni said programmes like NAADS and Operation Wealth Creation
would be used to provide seeds and live stock to families as a way of
getting them out of poverty.
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Posted
Tuesday, February 9
2016 at
02:00MASAKA- The Catholic Church in
Masaka Diocese has submitted fresh evidence towards the canonisation of
Msgr Aloysius Ngobya and Sister Amedeo Byabali, whom the believers want
declared saints.
The fresh evidence was handed over to officials
from the Rome Commission by Masaka Diocesan Bishop, John Baptist Kaggwa
at Kitovu Cathedral recently.
The Rev Brother Reginald Cruise, who led the team
from Rome, received the files containing new evidence amid cheers from
the faithful. Both Sr Amedeo and Msgr Ngobya served the Church in
different capacities for quite a long time before their demise in 1985
and 1975 respectively.
Upon receiving accumulated testimonies of people
who claim to have received miracles after praying through the departed
duo, the Church in 2012 petitioned Rome; which also cleared them to
start gathering evidence towards the duo’s beatification and eventual
canonization.
In April 2012, the Church was cleared to begin due
investigations which started with the exhumation of their remains for
thorough examination, to build a case for the priests’ canonization.
However, late last year, the process had suffered a
setback after Rome demanded scientific evidence to back up the claims
of miracles, which the Church had failed to present.
Bishop Kaggwa revealed that although the work has
been highly challenging to the investigating team, they have managed to
compile what they think will be essentially relevant to the entire
process.
The bishop, who declined to divulge details of the
new evidence, however, cautioned Christians against getting excited by
the new development, saying it exclusively remains at the discretion of
the Rome authority to take the process to the next step.
“However, we need to keep praying and grow stronger in our faith,” he urged.
During the same special Mass, the investigating
committees made prescribed oath of maintaining outmost secrecy of the
details of their findings.
The Rev Fr Edward Ssekabanja, the Diocesan
chancellor, who was heading the commissions into these causes, revealed
that with the gathered evidence from 75 witnesses , he had no doubt that
what they documented is the required evidence.
Brother Cruise asked Christians to remain patient as they wait for verification of the collected evidence.
Fr Ngobya who died at 90 years (in 1985) had served as a priest for 71 years, while Amedeo served as Catholic Nun for 49 years.
Several Christians have been making pilgrimages to their burial places
at Kitovu, praying for miraculous redemption and healing. Some believers
have publicly confessed as they overcome different hardships upon
praying through their intercessions.
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Can negative situations be turned around and transformed into
something good? Pope Francis says yes, as long as you turn to Jesus and
His Mother.
During his meeting with Uganda's young people gathered at Kololo
Air Strip in the African nation's capital of Kampala this afternoon, the
Pope listened to the testimonies of a young man and woman and, putting
aside his prepared script, reflected how both had had bad experiences,
but assured that bad experiences can serve for something in life.
Winnie Nansumba, who lost both her parents by age 7, told Pope
Francis about living with HIV and her work to fight AIDS, discrimination
and depression. In her testimony, she told her peers, "Take charge of
your life and know your (HIV) status. HIV is real." She reminded them
that your body is a temple, saying to beware of STDs, and don't live in
sin. Also, a young man, Emmanuel Odokonyero, shared his tragic story of
being in captivity for three months as hostage of the Lord's Resistance
Army when they stormed into the Sacred Heart Minor Seminary, abducting
41 children, including him. He recounted how he managed to escape
and spoke on his sorrow for those who died and the impact of his ordeal.
Despite what may seem to be insurmountable challenges, the Pope
reminded the young people in response to the testimonies, Jesus makes it
clear that that he can work great miracles, transforming walls into
horizons, which open to the future. Before a negative experience, he
said, acknowledging how many of those in the audience had suffered
negative experiences, there is hope.
Not magic, but Jesus
When bitterness and sadness are turned into hope, Francis stressed,
"This is not magic, it is a work of Jesus. Because Jesus is Lord! Jesus
can do anything! Jesus suffered the most negative experience of history
and was insulted, was cast out, and was assassinated. But Jesus with the
power of God is risen; He can make each of us have the same outcome
with every negative experience because Jesus is Lord."
Anglican Arch Bishop Ntagali in purple called pope Francis a prophet of God
Through this "death" of experiencing difficult situations, the Pope
noted, there is a life, a life for everyone. "If I transform the
negative into the positive, I'm a winner. But this can be done only by
the grace of Jesus," he said.
"Are you sure about this? I cannot hear you!," he said in dialogue
with the crowd of young people. "Are you willing to make in life all the
negative things into positive things? Are you willing to turn hate into
love? To transform war into peace? You should be aware that you are a
people of martyrs. In your veins flows the blood of the martyrs and for
that, you have faith and life."
"They say that the microphone does not work well. Sometimes we also
do not function well and when we do not function well, to whom do we go
for help? Don't I feel ... stronger ... in Jesus! Jesus can change your
life. Jesus can break down all the walls in front of you. Jesus can make
it so, that your life is service to others."
"Some of you may ask: 'So there is a magic wand?' If you want Jesus
to change your life you have to ask Him for help. You must pray. You got
it, right? Pray! I ask you: Do you pray? Are you sure? Pray to Jesus
because He is the Savior. Never stop praying. Prayer is the most
powerful weapon that a young man has. Jesus loves us. I ask you, Jesus
loves some, yes, and some no? Jesus loves everyone, doesn't He?
Does Jesus wants to help everyone?"
Open hearts
If you believe this is true, the Pope urged, "open the door of your
heart to Jesus and let Him enter into your lives to combat the
struggles."
"Are you ready to fight? Are you ready to wish the best for yourself?
Are you willing to ask Jesus to help you in the fight?" he asked.
He also pointed out a third element, that we all belong to the
Church, and the Church has a mother: Mary. "When a child falls, he gets
hurt and starts crying, he goes looking for his mother. When we have a
problem, the best thing we can do is go where our Mother is and pray to
Mary, our Mother. Do you agree? You pray to the Virgin, to our Mother?
And I ask you: Do you pray to Jesus and the Virgin Mary, our Mother?
(Yesss ...)"
So these are the three things, he said, namely to overcome the
difficulties, transforming the negative into a positive, and prayer.
"Prayer to Jesus who can do anything, Jesus who enters into our hearts
and changes our lives. Jesus came to save and to give His life for me,"
and also prayer to our Mother Mary.
The Pope concluded, thanking them for listening to him and for their
interest in changing the negatives in their lives into positives, with
Jesus' and Mary's help. He invited them to pray together because our
Mother protects us. We agree? All together?
The Holy Father is making an Apostolic Visit to Africa, Nov. 25-30.
He arrived in Uganda's capital of Kampala yesterday, after having been
in Kenya's capital of Nairobi. Tomorrow, he leaves for Central African
Republic's capital of Bangui, where he will visit a refugee camp and
open the Holy Door for the Jubilee Year.
***
On ZENIT's Web page:
Full Translation: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/full-text-pope-s-off-the-cuff-address-to-ugandan-youth
Pope Francis prays at Anglican shrines
Pope Francis visits martyrs’ shrine
Ugandan martyrs 'continue to proclaim Jesus Christ, power of his cross'
Pope
Francis and Archbishop Stanley Ntagali at the Anglican Shrine to the
Ugandan Martyrs in Namugongo. Photo: Petero Buyondo and Francis Emorut
[Anglican Communion News Service]
Pope Francis has made a visit to the Anglican shrine to the Ugandan
Martyrs in Namugongo, and spoke of the “ecumenism of blood”.
The Pope looked visibly pained and shocked as Archbishop Stanley
Ntagali, primate of the Anglican Church of Uganda, explained how the
martyrs were put to death on the orders of the King of Buganda in the
late 19th Century for refusing to renounce their faith.
Later, in a sermon during a Papal Mass outside the Catholic shrine,
Pope Francis spoke of the sacrifice of the 45 men – 23 Anglicans and 22
Roman Catholics – saying that their “witness of love for Christ and his
Church has truly gone ‘to the end of the earth.’
“We remember also the Anglican martyrs whose deaths for Christ
testify to the ecumenism of blood. All these witnesses nurtured the gift
of the Holy Spirit in their lives and freely gave testimony of their
faith in Jesus Christ, even at the cost of their lives, many at such a
young age.
“The gift of the Holy Spirit is a gift which is meant to be shared.
It unites us to one another as believers and living members of Christ’s
mystical Body. We do not receive the gift of the Spirit for ourselves
alone, but to build up one another in faith, hope and love.”
He said that the Ugandan Martyrs “had tended to their faith and
deepened their love of God, they were fearless in bringing Christ to
others, even at the cost of their lives. Their faith became witness;
today, venerated as martyrs, their example continues to inspire people
throughout the world. They continue to proclaim Jesus Christ and the
power of his Cross.
“Like the Apostles and the Uganda martyrs before us, we have received
the gift of the Holy Spirit to become missionary disciples called to go
forth and bring the Gospel to all. At times this may take us to the end
of the earth, as missionaries to faraway lands.
This is essential to the spread of God’s Kingdom, and I ask always
for your generous response to this need. But we do not need to travel to
be missionary disciples. In fact, we need only to open our eyes and see
the needs in our homes and our local communities to realize how many
opportunities await us.
“Here too the Uganda martyrs show us the way. Their faith sought the
good of all people, including the very King who condemned them for their
Christian beliefs. Their response was to meet hatred with love, and
thus to radiate the splendour of the Gospel. They did not simply tell
the King what the Gospel does not allow, but showed through their lives
what saying ‘yes’ to Jesus really means. It means mercy and purity of
heart, being meek and poor in spirit, and thirsting for righteousness in
the hope of an eternal reward.”
During the tour of the new Uganda Martyrs Museum at the Anglican
Shrine, Pope Francis and Archbishop Stanley paused at the fire pit where
the twenty-three Anglicans and twenty-two Roman Catholic converts to
Christianity were brutally martyred on 3rd June 1886. “This is
ecumenism,” Pope Francis told Archbishop Stanley.
Pope
Francis and Archbishop Stanley Ntagali enter the Anglican Shrine to the
Ugandan Martyrs in Namugongo. Photo: Petero Buyondo and Francis Emorut
“The Roman Catholic martyrs died for the same Jesus Christ as the
Anglican martyrs,” Archbishop Stanley said. “Together, they suffered;
together, they sacrificed; together, they sang. Together, their blood
has been the seed of the church in Uganda.”
It is a message that echoed Pope Francis’ words in July this year in
St peter’s Square in Rome as he anticipated his visit to Uganda. “The
blood of the martyrs makes us one,” he said. “We know that those who
kill Christians in hatred of Jesus Christ, before killing, do not ask:
‘Are you an Evangelical, or [Anglican], or Orthodox?’ They say: ‘You are
Christian,’ and behead them.”
Last week, the same message was repeated by the Preacher to the Papal
Household, Father Raniero Cantalamessa, in a sermon at Westminster
Abbey ahead of the Church of England’s General Synod: “In many parts of
the world people are killed and churches burned not because they are
Catholic, or Anglican, or Pentecostals, but because they are
Christians,” he said. “In their eyes we are already one! Let us be one
also in our eyes and in the eyes of God.”
Alluding to a traditional African proverb, Archbishop Stanley said,
“If we want to go fast, let us go alone. As the wider Christian
community in Uganda, however, if we want to go far, let us go together.
This is why we were very happy to welcome the Pope of the Roman Catholic
Church to the [Anglican] Church of Uganda.”
During the Pope’s brief visit to the Anglican Martyrs’ Shrine, he
also emphasised the importance of prayer by kneeling at the torture tree
and offering a personal prayer.
Pope
Francis prays at the torture tree at the Anglican Shrine to the Ugandan
Martyrs in Namugongo. Photo: Petero Buyondo and Francis Emorut
When he emerged from his private tour of the museum, he was welcomed
by a very large, enthusiastic, and ululating crowd. He responded by
inviting everyone to pray The Lord’s Prayer together.
The assembled congregation then received a double apostolic blessing
with Pope Francis and Archbishop Stanley together conferring on everyone
the Blessing of God Almighty: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda, along with the
Provincial Heads of Laity and Clergy, the Provincial President of
Mother’s Union, and several thousand Anglican clergy and laity arrived
at the Martyrs’ Shrine at sunrise to prepare to welcome the Pope.
Pope Francis laying a wreath at the burial site of the Uganda Martyrs.
Retired Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo has spearheaded the
development of the Uganda Martyrs’ Museum to ensure their legacy for
future generations.
Pope Francis unveiled a dedication stone and offered a prayer that
the Uganda Martyrs would continue to inspire generations of youth to
follow Christ. Later in the afternoon he met thousands of Ugandan youth
in Kampala to encourage them to pray and be faithful to Christ.
Pope Francis in personal prayer at the burial site of the Uganda Martyrs.
The President of Uganda and the First Lady were also present at the Anglican Martyrs’ Shrine.
Pope Francis is the third Pope to visit the Anglican shrine. Paul VI
visited on 2nd August 1969; five years earlier, in 1964, he had
canonized the Roman Catholic martyrs. Pope John Paul II visited on 7th
March 1993.
“This is ecumenism,” Pope Francis told the Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali,
Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, while being led on a private tour
through the new Uganda Martyrs Museum at the Anglican Shrine in
Namugongo, Uganda, on 28th November 2015.
The Pope’s comment came as they stopped to meditate at the fire pit
where twenty-three Anglicans and twenty-two Roman Catholic converts to
Christianity were brutally martyred on 3rd June 1886.
Pope Francis visited Uganda from 27th – 28th
November 2015 as one of three countries during his first visit to the
continent of Africa. Pilgrimage to the sites of Christian martyrdom from
1885 to 1886 was a major focus for the Pope’s visit to Uganda.
Forty-five of the forty-six martyrs on 3rd June 1886 were killed at the site of the Anglican shrine.
Pope Francis is the third Pope to visit the Anglican shrine. Pope Paul VI visited on 2nd August 1969; five years earlier, in 1964, he had canonised the Roman Catholic martyrs. Pope John Paul II visited on 7th March 1993.
Immediately after visiting the Anglican Shrine, Pope Francis
conducted a Mass at the Roman Catholic Martyrs Shrine, where one of the
forty-six converts was martyred on 3rd June 1886.
In July 2015, during a gathering of 50,000 Roman Catholic
Charismatics in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis anticipated his visit
to Uganda.
“The blood of the martyrs makes us one,” he told them. “We know that
those who kill Christians in hatred of Jesus Christ, before killing, do
not ask, ‘But are you an Evangelical or [Anglican] or Orthodox?’ They
say, ‘You are Christian,’ and behead them…”
Archbishop Stanley reflected, “The Roman Catholic martyrs died for
the same Jesus Christ as the Anglican martyrs.” Together, they suffered;
together, they sacrificed; together, they sang. Together, their blood
has been the seed of the church in Uganda.
Pope Francis referred to this as the “ecumenism of blood.” He said,
“[It is the] unity of the blood of martyrs that makes us one.”
Alluding to a traditional African proverb, Archbishop Stanley said,
“If we want to go fast, let us go alone. As the wider Christian
community in Uganda, however, if we want to go far, let us go together.
This is why we were very happy to welcome the Pope of the Roman Catholic
Church to the [Anglican] Church of Uganda.”
During the Pope’s brief visit to the Anglican Martyrs’ Shrine, he
also emphasised the importance of prayer by kneeling at the torture tree
and offering a personal prayer.
When he emerged from his private tour of the museum, he was welcomed
by a very large, enthusiastic, and ululating crowd. His response? He
invited everyone to pray together The Lord’s Prayer – “Our Father…”
The assembled congregation then received a double apostolic blessing
with Pope Francis and Archbishop Stanley together conferring on everyone
the Blessing of God Almighty: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda, along with the
Provincial Heads of Laity and Clergy, the Provincial President of
Mother’s Union, and several thousand Anglican clergy and laity arrived
at the Martyrs’ Shrine at sunrise to prepare to welcome the Pope.
Retired Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo has spearheaded the
development of the Uganda Martyrs’ Museum to ensure their legacy for
future generations.
Pope Francis, at the beginning of his private tour of the new Martyrs
Museum, unveiled a dedication stone and offered a prayer that the
Uganda Martyrs would continue to inspire generations of youth to follow
Christ. Later in the afternoon he met thousands of Ugandan youth in
Kampala to encourage them to pray and be faithful to Christ.
The President of Uganda and the First Lady were also present at the Anglican Martyrs’ Shrine. Note: Photos of Pope Francis’ visit to the Anglican Shrine of the
Uganda Martyrs can be found on the Church of Uganda’s website at this link. (Photo credits: Petero Buyondo and Francis Emorut.)
Pope Francis prays with Imam in CAR, says Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters
The Pope said his trip to Africa "would not be complete" without visiting the Muslim community.
In the wake of violence between Christians and Muslims in the
country, Pope Francis today prayed with an Imam during a visit to the
Grand Mosque of Koudoukou in Bangui, Central African Republic.
On his last day in the country, the Pope was greeted by the Grand
Imam Nehedi Tidjani, along with four other Muslim leaders, with whom he
stood and prayed.
In his speech he said Muslims and Christians should work together and be "men and women of peace".
"My pastoral visit to the Central African Republic would not be
complete if it did not include this encounter with the Muslim
community," he said.
"Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters. We must therefore
consider ourselves and conduct ourselves as such. We are well aware that
the recent events and acts of violence which have shaken your country
were not grounded in properly religious motives."
He added: "Those who claim to believe in God must also be men and
women of peace. Christians, Muslims and members of the traditional
religions have lived together in peace for many years. They ought,
therefore, to remain united in working for an end to every act which,
from whatever side, disfigures the Face of God and whose ultimate aim is
to defend particular interests by any and all means, to the detriment
of the common good.
"Together, we must say no to hatred, no to revenge and no to
violence, particularly that violence which is perpetrated in the name of
a religion or of God himself. God is peace, God salam."
Francis praised the solidarity shown between Christians and Muslims
in the CAR, which has been rocked by sectarian violence in recent years.
The country has struggled to manage discord since the majority-Muslim
Séléka drove out President Francois Bozizé in a coup in March 2013.
Though the group has since disbanded, they continued to target towns and
villages across the country, which caused the uprising of an opposing
Christian faction, the Anti-Balaka. Tens of thousands of Muslims were
violently expelled, many fleeing to neighbouring countries.
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Both groups have only loose ties with their religious affiliations,
however, and Muslim and Christian leaders from CAR have united to
condemn the conflict.
These leaders have "played an important role in re-establishing harmony and fraternity among all," the Pope said.
"Dear friends, dear brothers, I invite you to pray and work for
reconciliation, fraternity and solidarity among all people, without
forgetting those who have suffered the most as a result of recent
events.
"May God bless you and protect you! Salam alaikum!"
Following his address, the Pope visited a refugee camp next to the
mosque and then gave a homily at a mass at the Barthélémy Boganda
Stadium in Bangui.
He has now boarded a plane back to Rome.
Pope in Kenya: Interreligious dialogue not an option, but a necessity
Pope Francis walks with Pres. Uhuru Kenyatta at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya on Nov. 26, 2015. Credit Martha Caldero?n/CNA
Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 26, 2015 / 02:15 am (CNA/EWTN News).-
In
light of recent terror attacks in Kenya and abroad, Pope Francis began
the second day of his trip to Africa stressing the need for
interreligious leaders to work together for peace.
In a morning meeting on Nov. 26 with interreligious and ecumenical
leaders at the apostolic nunciature in Nairobi, Kenya, Pope Francis said
while ecumenical relationships can be demanding, they are not optional.
“…ecumenical and interreligious dialogue is not a luxury. It is not
something extra or optional, but essential, something which our world,
wounded by conflict and division, increasingly needs,” the Pope said.
Not only is it essential for peace, he added, but interreligious
dialogue can be a rich source of enlightenment and becomes an “important
service to the common good.”
His comments come just two weeks after six coordinated attacks in Paris, perpetrated by ISIS, left at least 128 people dead.
The Pope’s address also falls seven months after terrorists killed 147
students at Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, and four
months after gunmen killed 14 quarry workers in Mandera. In 2013, 67
people were killed when terrorists attacked shoppers at the Westgate
Mall in Nairobi.Each of these attacks were carried out by al-Shabaab, an
al-Qaeda affiliate operating out of the neighboring country of Somalia.
“I know that the barbarous attacks on Westgate Mall, Garissa University
College and Mandera are fresh in your minds,” he said. “All too often,
young people are being radicalized in the name of religion to sow
discord and fear, and to tear at the very fabric of our societies.”
“How important it is that we be seen as prophets of peace, peacemakers
who invite others to live in peace, harmony and mutual respect!”
The Holy Father also stressed the importance of never committing
violence in the name of God, and prayed for the conversion of heart of
all those who perpetrated violence in the name of religion.
He closed his address recalling the 50th anniversary of the
end of the Second Vatican Council, saying that he hoped the Church
continued her commitment to ecumenical dialogue and friendship.
“As we look to the future, let us pray that all men and women will see
themselves as brothers and sisters, peacefully united in and through our
differences. Let us pray for peace!” This story is according to Pope Francis’ prepared remarks to interreligious leaders.
The Pope gave an universal message from “god” during a visit to a mosque in the Central African Republic.
The Pope bow his head, folds his hands as he joins Muslims in prayer inside a mosque.
The is parts of a Vatican provided translation of the speech of the head of the Vatican: Dear Muslim friends, leaders and followers of Islam,
It is a great joy for me to be with you and I thank you for your warm
welcome. In a particular way I thank Imam Tidiani Moussa Naibi for his
kind words of greeting. My Pastoral Visit to the Central African
Republic would not be complete if it did not include this encounter with
the Muslim community.
Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters. We must therefore
consider ourselves and conduct ourselves as such. We are well aware that
the recent events and acts of violence which have shaken your country
were not grounded in properly religious motives. Those who claim to
believe in Allah must also be men and women of
peace. Christians, Muslims and members of the traditional religions
have lived together in peace for many years. They ought, therefore, to
remain united in working for an end to every act which, from whatever
side, disfigures the Face of Allah and whose ultimate aim is to defend
particular interests by any and all means, to the detriment of the
common good. Together, we must say no to hatred, to revenge and to
violence, particularly that violence which is perpetrated in the name of
a religion or of Allah himself. Allah is peace, salam.
Dear friends, I invite you to pray and work for reconciliation,
fraternity and solidarity among all people, without forgetting those who
have suffered the most as a result of recent events.
May Allah bless you and protect you!
[Vatican-provided translation]
Source: Zenit.org
My comment:
Neither the name of Jesus, nor “Christ” was mentioned in the message
of the Pope. But the Pontiff spoke about God. Therefor I took the
artistic freedom to replace the word “God” with “allah”.
And this is what I got.
Luke 9:26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man
will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s,
and of the holy angels.
No doubt that the message of the Pope fell in good soil among the
Muslims. His message could have been copied in Friday sermons in every
mosque all over the World.
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“Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters,” the Pope said after a speech by Imam Tidiani Moussa Naibi.
The Pope inside the Mosque of Imam Tidiani Moussa Naibi.
Pope Francis ventured into one of the world’s most dangerous
neighbourhoods on Monday to beg Christians and Muslims to end a spiral
of hate, vendetta and bloodshed that has killed thousands over the past
three years.
The neighbourhood has been cut off from the rest of the capital
Bangui for the past two months by a ring of so-called anti-balaka
militias, who block supplies from entering and Muslims from leaving.
The Pope sit a tell lies inside a mosque in Central Africa, deceiving both him self and all the present Muslims.
“Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters,” he said after a
speech by Imam Tidiani Moussa Naibi, one of the local religious leaders
trying to foster dialogue.
“Those who claim to believe in God must also be men and women of
peace,” he said, noting that Christians, Muslims and followers of
traditional religions had lived together in peace for many years.
He appealed for “an end to every act which, from whatever side,
disfigures the face of God and whose ultimate aim is to defend
particular interests by any and all means.”
Source: Urdu Pakistani daily, The Dawn.
My comment:
This is reported by the BBC and the Urdu newspaper Dawn published in Pakistan.
That Christians and Muslims are “brothers” is a false statement. Neither are we physically related, nor are we of the same mind and spirit.
Islam simply reject that God has a begotten Son. If the Pope do not
want to tell Muslims the truth, he should at least keep quiet.
The problem is that the Jesuit Pope believe he has spoken he truth.
The Pope believe there are many ways to “god”, and many holy books. In
the Catechism of the Roman Catholic church, the Pope has granted Muslims
salvation.
This is the Pope’s promise to the Muslims, are quoted directly from the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church: 841 The Church’s relationship with the Muslims. “The plan of
salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first
place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of
Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God,
mankind’s judge on the last day.
Source: CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Pope proclaim that there is no need to believe that Jesus is God
in the flesh, and that the Creator God has a begotten Son. In this way
the Pope reject Biblical truth, and appears as an antichrist in the
flesh.
“He who believes in Him is
not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Renounce the evils of the papacy. Repent or perish.
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